1=GEORGIA
2=SPAIN
3=ROMANIA
4=PORTUGAL
5=RUSSIA
6=BELGIUM

In disgust with the IRB Conservative fathers, the French formed the FIRA in 1934, which the French thought was intended to rule the rugby worlds excluded from the IRB. In 1936, 1937 and 1938 he held the first FIRA Championships. World War II really thwarted this initiative and only in the early 50s was it possible to revive the FIRA tournament. Two more tournaments were held in 1952 and 1954, which failed to gain popularity and remained an episode in the history of FIRA. By 1965, FIRA membership had grown significantly, and FIRA decided to renew the tournament. This time the tournament paid off and it became an annual one, although until 1973 these tournaments were considered unofficial. From this year the tournament was given official status and was called the FIRA European Championship. By this time the number of participants had increased significantly and the tournament was already being held in two or three groups. The winners were mostly Frenchmen who fought with the second, often third teams in the tournament. There have been instances where the French military team has played several matches. During this time the only team that resisted the French was the Romanian team, which even managed to win the championship several times.

In 1987, the IRB began qualifying for the World Cup and accepted anyone who wanted to join. The IRB privileged France, Romania and Italy no longer participated in the FIRA Championships, which in fact became the qualifying round for the World Cup. Meanwhile, the emergence of new states in Europe that joined the FIRA and IRB forced the fathers of world rugby to go for a radical reorganization. FIRA himself transformed into Fira-Air, became a member of the IRB and was tasked with leading European rugby. In 1999, FIRAAER reorganized the championship and in 2000 launched the European Cup of Nations. The tournament is one-year (held only in 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2007/08 with a two-year cycle) and is held in several divisions. There are higher, first, second and third divisions, although the second and third divisions are still divided into groups A, B, C and D, which in themselves are of different levels. Teams in two-year championships (2009/10/10, 2011/12, etc.) are ranked and climbed according to the sum of the results.

European Nations Cup divisions